When is it cheaper to rent a Victor 10" Machine Torch by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $20 day rate would be $80, but the weekly rate caps it at $60.

When is it cheaper to rent a Victor 10" Machine Torch on the 28-day rate?

From day 17. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $180 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

Break-even duration

Equipment rents on three rates — a day rate, a week rate and a 28-day rate — and the cheapest one changes as the job runs long. This finds the two days where it changes, on a real listing’s real published rates.

Victor 10" Machine Torch

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Josh Johnson · Welders - Torches

Day: $20
Week: $60
28 days: $180

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $80. On the week rate it is $60.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $340. On the 28-day rate it is $180.

The working

Whole weeks bill at the week rate; the leftover days bill at the day rate but never add up to more than one extra week; and a whole 28-day cycle never costs more than the 28-day rate. That is the rule, applied one day at a time.

Rental price by duration for Victor 10" Machine Torch, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$20	$20	—	day
2	$40	$40	—	day
3	$60	$60	—	day
4	$80	$60	you save $20	week
5	$100	$60	you save $40	week
6	$120	$60	you save $60	week
7	$140	$60	you save $80	week
8	$160	$80	you save $80	week
9	$180	$100	you save $80	week
10	$200	$120	you save $80	week
11	$220	$120	you save $100	week
12	$240	$120	you save $120	week
13	$260	$120	you save $140	week
14	$280	$120	you save $160	week
15	$300	$140	you save $160	week
16	$320	$160	you save $160	week
17	$340	$180	you save $160	28-day
18	$360	$180	you save $180	28-day
19	$380	$180	you save $200	28-day
20	$400	$180	you save $220	28-day
21	$420	$180	you save $240	28-day
22	$440	$180	you save $260	28-day
23	$460	$180	you save $280	28-day
24	$480	$180	you save $300	28-day
25	$500	$180	you save $320	28-day
26	$520	$180	you save $340	28-day
27	$540	$180	you save $360	28-day
28	$560	$180	you save $380	28-day
29	$580	$200	you save $380	day
30	$600	$220	you save $380	day
31	$620	$240	you save $380	day
32	$640	$240	you save $400	week
33	$660	$240	you save $420	week
34	$680	$240	you save $440	week
35	$700	$240	you save $460	week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 17 days: $180
Rental protection (RPP): $27
Service fee: $18
Estimated total: $225

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

Where these numbers come from

The rates are the operator’s own, read live from their listing. The arithmetic is the same best-price billing engine that produces 2Quip invoices — not a second copy written for this page — run on the industry-standard terms: a 28-day cycle, whole weeks at the week rate, leftover days at the day rate capped at one more week.

An operator can agree different terms on an individual rental, and a long rental bills per 28-day cycle rather than in one lump. So treat this as what the rate card says, and the operator’s quote as what you are agreeing to.